Jet ski inventor wins $21 million in U.S. District Court suit here.Jet ski Jet Ski A trademark used for a personal watercraft. jet ski Noun a small self-propelled vehicle resembling a scooter, which skims across water on a flat keel jet skiing n inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that wins $21 million in U.S. District Court suit here The inventor of jet ski, Clayton Jacobson, has won a $21 million judgment against Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan and two subsidiaries after suing the vehicle maker in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. claiming it improperly obtained Japanese patents on his technology. In his suit, Jacobson claimed that Kawasaki obtained the patents by claiming its own employees invented the product. Kawasaki also claimed to be the inventor of the jet ski in company advertisements, the suit charged. The Century City firm Gold Marks Ring & Pepper defended Jacobson in the latest trial before Judge John C. Davis John C. Davis was a labor economist and was President Truman's chief of staff of the Council of Economic Advisers[1]. His son is Rennie Davis. References 1. ^ Episode 13: Make Love not War. CNN. . Kawasaki has sold $1 billion worth of jet skis since the product's introduction in 1973, said Consuelo Woodhead of Gold Marks, who tried the case with Alan Soda. Woodhead added that Kawasaki had no competition in the field until Yamaha entered the market three years ago. |
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